14 C.F.R. § 121.575
Alcoholic beverages
(a) No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage to him.
(b) No certificate holder may serve any alcoholic beverage to any person aboard any of its aircraft who—
(1) Appears to be intoxicated;
(2) Is escorting a person or being escorted in accordance with 49 CFR 1544.221; or
(3) Has a deadly or dangerous weapon accessible to him while aboard the aircraft in accordance with 49 CFR 1544.219, 1544.221, or 1544.223.
(c) No certificate holder may allow any person to board any of its aircraft if that person appears to be intoxicated.
(d) Each certificate holder shall, within five days after the incident, report to the Administrator the refusal of any person to comply with paragraph (a) of this section, or of any disturbance caused by a person who appears to be intoxicated aboard any of its aircraft.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: US Airways, Inc. v. O'DONNELL, 627 F.3d 1318 (10th Cir. 2010).
US Airways, Inc. v. O'DONNELL, 627 F.3d 1318 (10th Cir. 2010). “The FAA similarly recognized the safety considerations implicated when promulgating 14 C.F.R. § 121.575 to regulate the alcoholic beverage services provided on airplanes.”
O'Leary v. Am. Airlines, 100 A.D.2d 959 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984). “In response, plaintiff stated that she would, at the time of trial, ask the court to take judicial notice of all statutes and regulations, including 14 CFR 121.575. Defendant thereafter moved, inter alia, for an order striking any reference to that regulation and precluding…”
Pipino v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 196 F. Supp. 3d 1306 (S.D. Fla. 2016). “The regulation’s use of the word “appears” seems to be based on a considered policy choice to err on the side of caution and overinclusiveness by prohibiting the boarding of even those who appear, but in fact are not, intoxicated. In contrast to the adage underlying our criminal…”
Townsend v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 605 S.E.2d 54 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). “4 For its part, the Federal Aviation Administration has enacted a regulation codified at 14 CFR § 121.575 forbidding the service of alcoholic beverages to any aircraft passenger who appears to be intoxicated.”
AMR Corp. v. Enlow, 926 S.W.2d 640 (Tex. App. 1996). “” 14 C.F.R. § 121.575 (a) (1992). In their motion to compel, the Millers stated that they “wish to depose Robert Crandall in order to determine where the authority lies within the organization for making those [alcohol service and flight attendant training] policy decisions so…”
Gonzales v. Ever-Ready Oil, Inc., 636 F. Supp. 2d 1187 (D.N.M. 2008). “14 C.F.R. § 121.575 (a). No alcoholic beverages may be served during taxi, take-off, or landing.”
Bradshaw v. Am. Airlines, 123 F.4th 1168 (10th Cir. 2024). “(citing 14 C.F.R. § 121.575 ). Thus, because of the “FAA’s purpose to centralize aviation safety regulation and the comprehensive regulatory scheme promulgated pursuant to the FAA,” this Court concluded that “federal regulation occupies the field of aviation safety to the…”
Manfredonia v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 68 A.D.2d 131 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979). “In fact, the Federal Aviation Administration under statutory authority (US Code, tit 49, § 1421, subd [a]) has forbidden the service of alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person (14 CFR 121.575). 5 *139 The breach of the statute may ground a cause of action for damages…”
Martha L. Brown v. Capitol Air, Inc., 797 F.2d 106 (2d Cir. 1986). “575 of the FAA regulations, 14 C.F.R. § 121.575 (a), and asked the women to put the bottles away.”
Doe v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 129 F. Supp. 3d 23 (S.D.N.Y. 2015). “13 (citing 14 C.F.R. § 121.575 (c)). But denying Doe entry to the plane did not oblige Delta to report her conduct to the police.”
Chumney v. Nixon, 615 F.2d 389 (6th Cir. 1980). “14 C.F.R. § 121.575 (1979): (a) No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage to him.”
Sherrod v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc., 516 F. Supp. 46 (E.D. Tenn. 1979). “Sherrod had drunk any of this beer then and there, this would have constituted a violation of requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration for flight operations, 14 C.F.R. § 121.575 (a); 1 and the defendant was required to report any refusal of a passenger to’ comply with…”
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